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Chapter 5

Atemu tried to fight the kiss but he was still too weak. He cried out suddenly though it was muffled by Anzu's lips when he felt an intense pull on his very soul. Using the last of his strength he pushed Anzu away but it was too late.

A purple thread of light was issuing from his mouth to Anzu's. He felt his soul being drawn from his body and there was nothing he could do about it.

"Anzu what have you done?" He whispered as the last of his soul was drained and his body slumped lifeless to the floor (A.N. Atemu and Yugi are not dead, their bodies live but they're soulless)

"A…Atemu?" Anzu said looking down at the one she loved in horror. What had happened? Sammoru had promised he would be hers! And now here he was lying as if dead on the floor. Had he tricked her? What had the purple light meant?

"Atemu! Wake up!" She cried shaking the body on the floor but there was no response. She began to cry knowing this was somehow her fault.

There was a flash of light and Sammoru appeared by the side of her holding two glass spheres. Anzu looked at them. Inside one she could see Yugi and the other one held Atemu.

"You foolish girl." Sammoru said evilly "I just wanted to use you to get Atemu's soul. Now I have it there will be no stopping me!"

"You promised me Atemu would be mine!" Anzu said beside herself in rage at being tricked.

"Well there he is I didn't promise you'd get all of him now did I? Now to take care of you so you don't bother me anymore." So saying he aimed a ball of energy at Anzu who jumped out of the way and aimed her own staff at Sammoru.

"You forget you gave me power." She said and fired all her power at him. She hit him square in the stomach and he was knocked backwards into the wall where he lay gasping. She approached him her staff still aimed and held out her hand.

"Give me their souls Sammoru."

"Never." He said and coughed. He'd thought he could dispose of Anzu easily but it would seem she had more power than he had thought. Now he was regretting his plan for now she had the power to kill him and he would be doomed to wonder the Shadow Realm forever.

"Give them to me or I fire."

"You won't do it, you haven't the guts." He said. It was a desperate attempt and he knew it would probably not work as she had already tried to kill Yugi before now.

"Oh really? I didn't seem to have a problem with that when I was alive now did I? Any last words?"

"If you kill me how will you return their souls?"

"What do you mean?"

"You need my magic to do it you foolish girl!"

"Then give it to me!"

"Never, you kill me and Atemu's soul will remain trapped along with Yugi's"

"That's not true, YOU LIE!" Anzu screamed and fired all of her power at Sammoru's heart. When the bright light had diminished she looked to see that Sammoru had vanished she presumed to the Shadow Realm again. In his place were the two spheres with Atemu and Yugi's souls still inside. She breathed a sigh of relief knowing that she had taken a huge risk in not believing Sammoru and that he had indeed been lying. But what if she really couldn't return Atemu's soul? She didn't want to think about that.

She thought about everything she had done. She loved Atemu with all of her heart but she now realised that he never would have loved her back. His heart belonged to Yugi and she had tried to kill and destroy that which Atemu loved the most.

Before all this started they had been best friends all three of them and now the both of them would hate her and when their souls were returned they would put away the cards and she would have to return to the Shadow Realm to live. It was not a prospect she was happy about but now with Sammoru's evil influence on her gone, she knew she had to do something right to fix everything she had done wrong.

It was Sammoru's doing from the beginning she realised. There was no way she would have hurt her two best friends unless she had been under some sort of spell but his betrayal and lies had broken the spell and she saw what she had been doing truly for the first time.

Burying her head in her hands she wept bitterly.

"I'm so sorry guys." She sobbed "I hope one day when this is all over you can forgive me for what I have done."

She picked up Atemu's soul sphere and wondered how she could return his soul to his body. Maybe if she smashed the sphere?

She flung it as hard as she could at the wall and watched as it shattered into a thousand pieces that vanished leaving Atemu's soul which turned purple and flowed into his body again. She picked up Yugi's soul sphere and did the same smashing it and releasing his soul that turned golden and flowed into his body.

Both boys stirred and opened their eyes. They sat up and Atemu looked first at Yugi a smile crossing his face in relief that he was ok and then he saw Anzu.

"I'm so sorry Atemu, I was under the influence of an evil man who dwelt in the Shadow Realm. I love you with all of my heart but I know you love Yugi and always will so please put my card away and send me to where I belong now." She said the tears running down her face.

"You tried to kill Yugi and when that failed you stole both our souls." Atemu growled unable to dispel the anger he was feeling.

"I know and I'm so sorry. I know you will never forgive me but know that I wish you both happiness."

"Atemu." Yugi said from his position on the floor. "If she truly was under a spell then none of it was her doing really and now she will be punished for all eternity by having to live in the Shadow Realm. Don't be angry any more. We have each other, she will have no one."

"You forgive her aibou?"

"I forgive her." Yugi said and getting to his hands and knees he managed to crawl over to Atemu where arms encircled him and held him tight.

"Ashiteru Atemu." He said.

"Ashiteru aibou." Atemu said and Anzu smiled at the two of them. For the first time she was actually glad for them but now she knew she must face the Shadow Realm.

"Atemu you must send me to the Shadow Realm now." She said and Atemu struggled to his feet bringing Yugi up with him.

"Well I had just summoned you so by rights I think it was Yugi's turn."

Yugi nodded and placed his hand over his deck surrendering the duel to Atemu and ending it so the summoned monsters would vanish along with Anzu.

"Tear my card up Atemu." Was the last thing she said as she vanished from view.

"I can't tear it up." Yugi said sadly. "She was once our best friend in the world can we really condemn her like that?"

"She did some terrible things aibou." Atemu said.

"Yes she did but she is sorry. Maybe we could keep her in the deck but get rid of the Gate of Morki card so she would just be a hologram just like the other monsters, what do you think?"

"Well maybe we could if you're sure aibou."

"I'm sure." Yugi said and hugged Atemu who hugged him back.

They tore up the Gate of Morki card and placed Anzu's card in their deck so she wouldn't be totally doomed to wonder the Shadow Realm forever. Atemu thought that Yugi was such a forgiving soul as they lay in bed later on and he was glad everything had worked out right.

Owari (end)

Yami Seirei: I know it seems like a short story really but this actually started out as a one-shot and turned into something longer. I have other delicious plot bunnies waiting in the wings for you all to enjoy hehe.

Even though it's not mentioned in the beginning the whole reason Anzu was being so evil was that Sammoru was influencing her so he could use her to get the pharaoh's soul. Guess he underestimated the power of betrayal heh!